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Solar Photon Random Walk

written by
Drew Onken

The Solar Photon Random Walk Model simulates the path of photons in radiative transport as they escape from the Sun. Photons do not travel in a straight line, but rather collide with larger particles and get redirected. This simulation models that process using a random walk in polar coordinates. The random walk parameters are adjustable to match different models of the structure of the sun, or the user can input their own values.

The Solar Photon Random Walk Model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_comp_phys_photon_random_walk.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.

Please note that this resource requires
at least version 1.5 of
Java (JRE).

Dashcode widget for random walk simulation?

I'm putting together an iBook for my astro class. I would like to include this simulation in the body of the text as an interactive widget. Apparently this can be done through apples Dashcode- do you have any plans to create a JavaScript widget with this code?

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